Yeah, this hasn't changed much at all really. In particular I'm working through some Iron Giants for +2 items and the only change I've made is using Mounted Champion over Stronghold or Visc. It's quite liberating to be able to drop my -PDT gear completely for these fights and melee with a full haste/TP build.

Oh, and Fatso's blunt resistance is included in the cap by the way.

Ironclad Exec. at least doesn't really look like it needs yellow to be dropping +2 items too. They seem random and yellow just looks like it makes synthesis mats (junk) drop.